Lawrence Weiskrantz

Professor Lawrence Weiskrantz FRS

Fellow

Elected: 1980

Biography

Lawrence Weiskrantz made notable contributions to our understanding of the relationship between brain structure and behaviour. He illuminated the functions of the amygdala of the frontal and temporal lobes, developing studies of memory defects which he extended to clinical measurement in humans. He also clarified the residual visual functions which remain after loss of the primary projection areas and developed important methods for revealing pharmacological effects on behaviour, particularly for antidepressants.